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Support for Unicode Consortium

Question: Does Centura support the Unicode consortium? Is there a way to use it with Centura Web Developer? And with SQLWindows 5.0.X? Answer: First, find out what your Unicode requirements

Disconnecting Process with SQLConsole

Question: I’m running SQLBase Server 5.2.1-PTF8 for Windows NT, and I’m running SQLConsole 1.0.2 on a Workgroups 3.11 client. All clients are WFW3.11 and communicate with the server via TCP/IP.

Opening a Password Protected Access Database

Question: I am developing an application in VB 4.0 connecting to an Access 7.0Database. I do not want to set up database security with groups, users andpasswords. All I want

Common Dialog – folder selection?

Question: In Word 7.0, under Tools, Options, File Locations tab, there is a dialog that comes up to define the folder containing certain types of files. This dialog allows folder

Finding Corresponding EndIf

Question: I’ve got ten pages of code and there’s an “If” on the first page, a bunch of “If…EndIf” statements throughout the code and the “EndIf” that corresponds with the

Adding a new record in a VB 4.0 database

Question: When I use my add record button on my form I get blank fields, like I should. However, after I add the new info and move to a different

Calculating time intervals

Question: How does one calculate time differences. I know there’s a function to calculate date differences.I am coding a database program which includes calculating the difference between a start time

Scanning Multiple Levels of a Directory

Question: I have been trying to right a routine to recurs sub directories and scan for files. Then the light came on!!! What is the call to the windows API

Passing variables from forms to forms

Question: Would you please tell me how to pass variables from forms to forms? Is that we can use the Tabs in general or use pass by reference? Thanks! Answer:

Apparent Performance Problems

Question: Could you tell me why this takes a 150MHz Pentium with 64MB of RAM just to run fast enough to catch MCI time output? Private Sub Rply_Timer_Run()Dim ReplayTime As

POP3 E-mail notifier using Winsock

Question: What parameters I need to query a finger server to check if new POP3 e-mail has arrived ?Finger is commonly used for getting connected users information (sending a blank

Sensitive maps

Question: I would like to change SRC picture of thesensitive map, onClick on some area of same picture.With JavaScript it works that if instead ofHREF =”some.URL” on imagespot you just

Javascript Output

Question: How do you write javascript output to a file on the server and then retrieve it later? Answer: Unfortunately, like VBScript, JavaScript cannot write to files on yourserver or

SqlWindows: OLE Automation Server or Client

Question: Is SqlWindows an OLE Automation Server or is it only an OLE client? Answer: SQLWindows (and Centura Team Developer), in its current incarnation, is an OLE automation CLIENT. That

Grouping Multiple Commits

Question: I’ve heard about a configuration keyword for SQLBase that groups multiple COMMITs together. Does this keyword exist, and under whatconditions would it be useful? Answer: Yes. The keyword “groupcommit”

Result Sets Are Not Active Error

Question: My SQLWindows app, which has been deployed for several months now, has started giving error 163 (“Result sets are not active”) messages. Is this caused by a bug somewhere

Inheritance

Question: Is it possible for a class to inherit from another class? Answer: Unfortunately, VB does not currently support class inheritance. However, using a tool like ClassAction from Crescent or

VBScript Date and Time Functions

Question: I have a question and answer intranet site that I need to have the system input the current date and time for each question generated. This data needs to

Interfacing with Excel

Question: From VB4.0 32 bit, I would like to be able to open excel 7.0, start a new spreadsheet, give it a name, put info in the spreadsheet, save the

OLE installation files for VB

Question: I have VB 4.0 and VFP 5.0 along with OFFICE 95 installed on a desktop win95 pentium and my 486 win95 notebook. I create a simple VB form on

Informix NULLs and Empty Strings

Question: I am having trouble with my SQLWindows code translating Informix nulls and empty strings ( ” ) as the same value ( ” ).When I select a null value

Duplicate Win 95 Sorting

Question: In Windows 95, all data represented in a tabular or table format can be sorted by clicking on the column heading. If you click once, it is in ascending

16 and 32 Bit Server Access

Question: I run 16- and 32-bit applications on my Windows 95 laptop and they both need to access the same databases. Is there any way to allow the 16- and